The alleged altercation ended when Maria grabbed the knife and stabbed Kallyne in the stomach, the report adds.
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Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives are looking for possible links among the recent slayings of four homeless people in Willowbrook, including the killing of former NFL lineman Kevin Johnson, who was stabbed to death last month.
The president has lashed out at current Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed's slow-and-steady approach to interest rate cuts over the last year.
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Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
Tony Khan’s History Of Online Controversies On New Year’s Eve in 2021, Tony Khan lashed out on Twitter at former AEW star Big Swole for her complaints about AEW’s lack of diversity.
Two days before the 1994 US Figure Skating Championships, Nancy Kerrigan was walking to her locker after practice when she was clubbed above the knee by a stranger.
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Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
Nearly four decades ago around Christmas and New Year’s, a young woman was clubbed to death in her Jacksonville home with her baby unharmed.
Atkinson whipped his arm against the nearby referee before the whistle was blown.
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Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
In an age when polarized politics have whipped extremists into a frenzy and disagreeing with someone’s views justifies physical assault among fringe elements, the assault on Omar is a new abysmal milestone of societal degradation.
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Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
In a video that went viral on social media, the girl appeared to grip the chairlift in a desperate struggle as her feet flailed in the air, still strapped to her snowboard.
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Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
By then, Achiuwa had already beaten Tyler Kolek in a foot race to the ball, and Brown flailed his arms in frustration while screaming for his All-Star to get off the floor.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
In March, the health secretary announced the consolidation of divisions and elimination of 20,000 full-time employees in a major restructuring and slashed funding for research.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
In 2025, private-sector employers slashed 31,400 jobs, while government employers added 20,200.
The Patriots leaned on Los Angeles offensively and thrashed them on defense, circling Justin Herbert in the first half before swarming him for four sacks in the second.
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Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
The Giants followed that up by getting thrashed by the Eagles in Philadelphia this past Sunday.
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